While bond yields tend to fall amid low inflation & interest rate cuts, market experts say they’ve been rising due to concerns over tax collections, fiscal deficit & potential impact of US tariffs.
A panel of experts moderated by ThePrint’s Editor-in-Chief Shekhar Gupta drew connections between insights of 1965 Indo-Pak War and strategic takeaways highlighted by Op Sindoor.
In its toughest time in decades because of floods, Punjab would’ve expected PM Modi to visit. If he has the time for a Bihar tour, why not a short visit to next-door Punjab?
The MPC could use this to keep cutting rates, to support growth. However, this would be a good time for the economic team to conduct an honest review of how the first Budget has been received, how widely it is believed to have been a missed opportunity. Locking in another five years of indifferent economic growth is simply not an option. The buzz and excitement over India’s first lady FM has subsided almost completely. Ms Rupa Subramanya has tweeted how twenty years ago, the global buzz was all about China and how that holds true today as well. There was a genuine opportunity to inject India forcefully into the conversation. That has not happened so far.
The MPC could use this to keep cutting rates, to support growth. However, this would be a good time for the economic team to conduct an honest review of how the first Budget has been received, how widely it is believed to have been a missed opportunity. Locking in another five years of indifferent economic growth is simply not an option. The buzz and excitement over India’s first lady FM has subsided almost completely. Ms Rupa Subramanya has tweeted how twenty years ago, the global buzz was all about China and how that holds true today as well. There was a genuine opportunity to inject India forcefully into the conversation. That has not happened so far.